A heavily illustrated history of the motion picture theater in the US. Some 250 photos--65 in excellent color (many of the bandw are poor)--demonstrate the extr

During the 1920s, a visit to the movie theater almost always included a sing-along. Patrons joined together to render old favorites and recent hits, usually acc

Beginning with the Nickelodeons and penny arcades in the 1890s, the American movie theater evolved as films did, in sophistication and mass appeal, reaching new

Illustrated with black-and-white photos that evoke an era of glamor and fantasy and utilizing firsthand accounts from past and present employees and patrons, th

A pictorial history of the movie theater business of the Balaban and Katz Theater Corporation in Chicago.